Saturday 15 February fixtures

[Conker]

3-1 now and Maris just missed a sitter to make it 4, in fact it was harder to miss it than score.

Another goal out of nowhere to Blackpool to make it 3-2, it should be 4-1. The glass half empty in me says we won’t win this now.

 

[Conker]

Another goal out of nowhere to Blackpool to make it 3-2, it should be 4-1. The glass half empty in me says we won’t win this now.

3-3 I was right. Should be 4-1. We could lose this yet too.

 

[White horse]

The Shrewsbury goalkeeper is a real trooper, he was down with head injuries every 5 minutes when Shrewsbury were winning , not down once since we equalised , what a guy

 

[BogDaddyO]

I spoke too soon!
Terrible goal but Lincoln worthy of the equaliser. 2-2, take a draw now, we look a bit rattled to be honest.

 

[Throbber_for_Dunk]

Your 36 is a cry baby, Harper should never have been booked.

Ehh, he'd been fouled repeatedly without getting the decisions, a yellow in isolation for what did it wasn't a yellow but it was earned even if the ways of getting to that point were a bit odd.

He's 18, I'm sure he'll still develop physically.

But yeah, enjoy your customary 3 points at our gaff, didn't see the second half but if it was owt like the first then I'll get over it.

We are toast, and an absolute disorganised rabble, so can't really complain!

 

[Conker]

So when we scored our third in the 64th minute fire drill esque scenes in the home end with so long to go they thought it was going to end up 4/5 to Mansfield. 3-1 flattered Blackpool never mind 3-3.

Even though we take that point before the game that result feels worse than the last six games (and defeats) to me because we deserved to win it at a canter, but can only blame ourselves.

I suppose the positive is we actually played really well.

 

[YEO YEO YEO]

I spoke too soon!
Terrible goal but Lincoln worthy of the equaliser. 2-2, take a draw now, we look a bit rattled to be honest.

Did not expect the fightback from us after conceding two sloppy goals. We actually played well and deserved to equalise and get a point from the game. Orient then go and score a winner in time added on. Frustrating.

 

[folletto]

Couldn’t get into the game. Birmingham defended well and when we did have the ball we were ineffective and poor, if the players are going to have an off day it’s better to have one in a game we were always likely to lose. They controlled the game whilst not creating much but at 1-0 up that’s all you need to do. Proper masters of the dark arts, feigning injury, time wasting, etc summed up by Laird going down over nothing and then Stansfield dragging him to make sure he was on the pitch. Part of the game but disappointing to see nonetheless. Was always treating this as a loss, hopefully we respond well, as we have Orient and Stockport away coming up

 

[Master D]

Stockport on a brilliant run at the moment. Firmly in the automatic picture now, it's going to be one hell of a race to get that second promotion spot.

 

[BogDaddyO]

Did not expect the fightback from us after conceding two sloppy goals. We actually played well and deserved to equalise and get a point from the game. Orient then go and score a winner in time added on. Frustrating.

Yeah you fought back in well, I didn't expect us to come back from 2-2 but it feels like there's something about us this season.
Thought we played the better football to be honest, had some lovely attacking spells but we struggled to deal with your directness.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Well we made a meal of that one as we were awful in the 2nd half and were panicking all over the pitch. Thankfully we pulled the 3 points out of the bag

 

[Bartonyellow]

We deserved a point for the second half but as usual we are powder puff at the back and our final ball is poor.
Gas will be fine this season. First half tidy and inventive but second half you looked poor and a better side than us would have punished you.

 

[thewwfc]

We weren't great today, missing Kone badly up front, and Crawley defended and scrapped well.

Largely forgettable fare, but what's more confusing is that barely any of the January signings we've made are featuring in the matchday squad (let alone starting).

I'm hoping this is not representative of Dodds, but he also did the very Ainsworth-style thing of waiting till right near the end to bring subs on, by which any potential impact of the fresh legs was pretty limited.

Disappointing overall, we have to do a lot better than that or we'll be falling fast.

 

[Gassy]

We deserved a point for the second half but as usual we are powder puff at the back and our final ball is poor.
Gas will be fine this season. First half tidy and inventive but second half you looked poor and a better side than us would have punished you.

Yeah a game of 2 halves really, I think we just about shaded it because once you scored we created a fair few chances again, but I can definitely understand the deserving a point. Also worth noting we should have had 2 blatant penalties.

I thought Burton were pretty good tbh and miles ahead of teams like Peterborough. As you say, defensively you looked shaky and I was frustrated we didn’t run at you more often because you looked all out of sorts whenever we did

Some of the balls Burton put into the box though as absolutely insane, I can see why you’ve had the from you have recently

Onto Wycombe, bit of a free hit really.

 

[BRFC_Gas]

We weren't great today, missing Kone badly up front, and Crawley defended and scrapped well.

Largely forgettable fare, but what's more confusing is that barely any of the January signings we've made are featuring in the matchday squad (let alone starting).

I'm hoping this is not representative of Dodds, but he also did the very Ainsworth-style thing of waiting till right near the end to bring subs on, by which any potential impact of the fresh legs was pretty limited.

Disappointing overall, we have to do a lot better than that or we'll be falling fast.

Dont worry we wont have Butcher on Tuesday and Grant Ward went off injured today so cant see far past a home win

 

[White horse]

Stockport on a brilliant run at the moment. Firmly in the automatic picture now, it's going to be one hell of a race to get that second promotion spot.

11 points between 2nd and 9th, 15 games left, so glad Evatt left but probably too late for automatics , that is on our Chair lady who refused to sack him, his parting gift was to sign Etete , who gave away a handball penalty in his first game and pulled his hamstring warming up before his second game, out for 6 weeks, has form for being a crock. Be happy to get in the play offs

 

[ForzaCounty]

That game was petering out before a gorgeous pass through to Camps then beauty of a ball slid into the area found Bate in space to slot it home. The game absolutely had 0-0 written all over it before then. Well happy though, few sore heads round here tonight

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Stockport on a brilliant run at the moment. Firmly in the automatic picture now, it's going to be one hell of a race to get that second promotion spot.

You and Stockport are quite similar from the brief times ive seen you. Both strong and organised and get the ball into dangerous positions quickly. I think you may have the edge by signing Sam Smith though he could make the difference (we know only too well as he always scores against us!)

 

[Super_horns]

Rotherham lost to an injury time penalty at Reading.

Sure Steve Evans will take that with good grace.

 

[Casey]

The Shrewsbury goalkeeper is a real trooper, he was down with head injuries every 5 minutes when Shrewsbury were winning , not down once since we equalised , what a guy

Yeah, Bolton complaining about the opposition timecwasting. Usual bullcrap!

Wycombe deserved more than they got today but I'm not complaining. They were physically bigger and stronger than Crawley and, at times, literally pushed us backwards. Not dirty, just stronger. We hung in there and just about deserved the point.

I was at the wrong angle but I think our goal might be a cracker!

Casey

 

[Master D]

You and Stockport are quite similar from the brief times ive seen you. Both strong and organised and get the ball into dangerous positions quickly. I think you may have the edge by signing Sam Smith though he could make the difference (we know only too well as he always scores against us!)

We're always back to front as quick as possible and bombard the box from wide, Parky's way as we know. Stockport play better 'looking' football than us but perhaps Challinor is now following the Parky blueprint a bit at this level. Smith is a better player than I thought he was.

 

[The Terminator]

Today was the first time for a long while we've had to face a bit of uncertainty after throwing away a 2 goal lead and Lincoln had the momentum in the game, we usually manage our leads well but today without Omar Beckles and Darren Pratley who are our usual leaders and captains our young side lost their way a little bit against a side who play a physical game.

We was clinical with our chances in the first half, Ethan Galbraith again very good. Thought the throw which lead to Lincolns first goal shouldn't have been given, Hackett was offside as he went to close the ball down but the linesman bottled flagging.

Second half I thought a bit of an onslaught would come, which it did, we got our foot back in the game when Lincoln equalised as well I thought.

Managed to nick the win after big impacts from Agyei and Jaiyesimi from the bench leading to Kelmans goal.

Lincoln made it a tricky game, but I thought their game plan was mainly based on trying to rough us up which worked for periods of the second half. Going 4-5-1 at the end invited us on I thought when House went off.

 

[EricSabin]

We're always back to front as quick as possible and bombard the box from wide, Parky's way as we know. Stockport play better 'looking' football than us but perhaps Challinor is now following the Parky blueprint a bit at this level. Smith is a better player than I thought he was.

I thought Smith was a nippy little striker a la Marriott but he’s a bit of a bruiser as well isn’t he. Your sheer physicality won you every first and second ball today.

 

[IzzyFook]

Smith is a better player than I thought he was.

Agreed. The striker version of Rathbone!

 

[BRFC_Gas]

Yeah a game of 2 halves really, I think we just about shaded it because once you scored we created a fair few chances again, but I can definitely understand the deserving a point. Also worth noting we should have had 2 blatant penalties.

I thought Burton were pretty good tbh and miles ahead of teams like Peterborough. As you say, defensively you looked shaky and I was frustrated we didn’t run at you more often because you looked all out of sorts whenever we did

Some of the balls Burton put into the box though as absolutely insane, I can see why you’ve had the from you have recently

Onto Wycombe, bit of a free hit really.

It is considering our away form and injuries, but we have got to start getting points on the road

 

[Master D]

I thought Smith was a nippy little striker a la Marriott but he’s a bit of a bruiser as well isn’t he. Your sheer physicality won you every first and second ball today.

Yeah he is a big solid striker who can shift once he gets going, surprised me. Can't be a shrinking violet under Parkinson, whole team is full of grafters.

 

[IzzyFook]

Yeah he is a big solid striker who can shift once he gets going, surprised me. Can't be a shrinking violet under Parkinson, whole team is full of grafters.

It does highlight the ludicrous prices for the 'top' Prem/European players when 'just' 2 million can get you a quick, grafter-type player and yet in the Prem they'll pay 80million or so for something like Anthony at MU for example, who can spin on a sixpence for the presser day, but actually delivers Jack Schitt in a game.

 

[Throbber_for_Dunk]

And as a bonus, Sam Smith is good bloke and hasn't raped or beaten any women.

He's certainly one of the more complete forwards I've seen for us, nice to see him doing well. Even if separating him from the Knibbler is outrageous.

 

[White horse]

Yeah, Bolton complaining about the opposition timecwasting. Usual bullcrap!

Wycombe deserved more than they got today but I'm not complaining. They were physically bigger and stronger than Crawley and, at times, literally pushed us backwards. Not dirty, just stronger. We hung in there and just about deserved the point.

I was at the wrong angle but I think our goal might be a cracker!

Casey

You will find the referee gave 12 minutes injury time last week, the time wasting doesn't always work

White Horse

 

[Millerbri]

Rotherham lost to an injury time penalty at Reading.

Sure Steve Evans will take that with good grace.

He was surprisingly calm in his interview, especially as we had 2 goals disallowed one of them given offside even though the Reading defender put it in.

Maybe it's because he knows we have nothing to play for and this season is just part of a rebuild for our centenary next year?